Summary
- UAE has pardoned 57 locally based Bangladeshis who were jailed for protesting against the now-toppled government in their home country
- The decision includes cancelling the sentences of those convicted and arranging for their deportation
- More than 450 people were killed in Bangladesh during the weeks leading up to Sheikh Hasina’s ousting last month
- The UAE population is mostly comprised of expatriates, many from South Asia, with Bangladeshis being the third largest group of foreigners